Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School

Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School is a small elementary campus in Indianapolis, Indiana, overseen by Indianapolis Public Schools. The school hosts 328 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 436 students per school, that is 25% leaner than typical.

Across the 49 schools in Indianapolis Public Schools (21,055 students total), Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School records that 35% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% Hispanic, 22% Black, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.5:1, putting Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 29.8%; this one comes in at 12.8%, -17.0 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Marion County shows median household income runs about $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Marion County runs 274 public schools (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students), of which Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School is one.

The closest other public school is Fredrick Douglas School 19 - an Exploratory School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Eleanor Skillen School 34 - a Montessori School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 17.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 21%: 414 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 55% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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